My workstations are on a domain and set through GP to get their Windows patches/updates. Spiceworks shows them all as needing updates. When I go to the machine to check, the machine lists that it has recd all current updates.

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It may just be a matter of how long since the last update. I know that WSUS will report warnings if machines have not updated patches in the last day or two, but we have some machines set to weekly updates. After a few days, its in a "warning" state.

Are you referring to the Shavlik dashboard widget? If so, it's an estimate based on the last time that a workstation reported installing updates. At the top of the widget there's an edit link where you can adjust the time frame. Also it would be worthwhile to check that the machines are being scanned successfully by Spiceworks.